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MTN is taking on Rain with a new range of uncapped LTE products.
Windows 7
The operator’s new packages offer customers three products to choose
from that come with unlimited mobile data available on 24-month contracts Windows 8
with a router or month-to-month deals with only a SIM.
Windows 10
They come with fair usage policies (FUPs) that throttle speeds once a
certain amount of data is used in a month, preventing overuse by data hogs
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The new MyMTN Home Uncapped packages are as follows:
Up to 10Mbps Uncapped with 400GB FUP — R499

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Up to 20Mbps Uncapped with 600GB FUP — R699
Up to 30Mbps Uncapped with 700GB FUP — R799 Sports associations
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At those price points, it seems all but clear that MTN is gunning for Rain, — but only if you’re
which has dominated uncapped mobile data offerings in South Africa for vaccinated
several years.
Many of Rain’s 4G and 5G packages are still cheaper than MTN’s.

Vodacom and MTN in advertising
For example, its popular Unlimited 4G for any device product is priced at fight
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R479 and offers unlimited at up to 10Mbps download speeds.
However, Rain’s packages have some notable limits that do not apply to
MTN’s products.
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Firstly, Rain imposes strict limitations on specific protocols on the 4G and

entry-level 5G package — a factor that has been a source of subscriber
complaints.
Rain limits streaming resolutions to 360p and 720p on its Unlimited 4G and
Unlimited Home 5G Basic packages, respectively.
Setting the resolution higher than those limits on YouTube will lead to
buffering, which might be a deal-breaker for avid streaming video viewers.
Rain also throttles VPN usage and torrent downloads on these packages.
In contrast, MTN’s Fair Usage Policy for its Uncapped Home LTE offers does
not mention streaming resolution caps or torrent throttling.
In addition, although Rain has expanded its 5G coverage significantly in

recent months, it is still far from the reach of MTN’s fixed-LTE coverage.
Consumers are therefore less likely to have 5G available in their area.
We compiled the uncapped 4G and 5G offers available from MTN and Rain
to see how they stack up.
We also included Telkom’s uncapped home LTE offers, which are available
directly from the operator on a contract or through Afrihost or Axxess on a
month-to-month basis.
We did not consider limited-hour packages like Rain’s unlimited off-peak

product for R250, or Telkom’s Business hours SmartBroadband Wireless
Unlimited LTE.
The table below compares the uncapped LTE and 5G packages available
from MTN, Rain, and Telkom.
Uncapped LTE and 5G packages in South Africa
Router and
Package Speed Limitations Price
subscription type
360p streaming
Rain Unlimited 4G for any VPNs throttled SIM-only — Month-to-
10Mbps R479
device Torrents month
throttled
720p streaming
Rain Unlimited Home 5G VPNs throttled Free-to-use router —
25Mbps R499
Basic Torrents Month-to-month
throttled
Router — contract
MTN Uncapped Home Wi-Fi 400GB FUP –
10Mbps SIM-only — month-to- R499
10Mbps 2Mbps speeds
month
1080p streaming
Rain Unlimited Home 5G VPNs throttled Free-to-use router —
50Mbps R699
Standard Torrents Month-to-month
throttled
Router — contract
MTN Uncapped Home Wi-Fi 600GB FUP –
20Mbps SIM-only — month-to- R699
20Mbps 4Mbps speeds
month
FUP:
Telkom SmartBroadband
10Mbps 250GB – 4Mbps Router — contract R749
Wireless Unlimited
300GB – 2Mbps
FUP: Router — contract

MTN Uncapped Home Wi-Fi
30Mbps 700GB – SIM-only — month-to- R799
30Mbps
4Mbps speeds month
FUP:
100Mbps average
MTN 5G Unlimited Data 200GB – 2Mbps Router — contract R949
500Mbps peak
speeds
FUP:
Telkom Uncapped LTE SIM-only — Month-to-
10Mbps 250GB – 4Mbps R995
through Axxess month
300GB – 2Mbps
“Ultrafast
Rain Unlimited Home 5G Multiple HD Free-to-use router —
download R999
Premium streams Month-to-month
speeds”
FUP:
Telkom Uncapped through SIM-only — Month-to-
10Mbps 250GB – 4Mbps R999
Afrihost month
300GB – 2Mbps
Now read: New Telkom data deals — 15GB for R99
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Up to 10Mbps Uncapped with 400GB FUP — R499

Many of Rain’s 4G and 5G packages are still cheaper than MTN’s.

R479 and oﬀers unlimited at up to 10Mbps download speeds.

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Firstly, Rain imposes strict limitations on speciﬁc protocols on the 4G and

In addition, although Rain has expanded its 5G coverage signiﬁcantly in

Consumers are therefore less likely to have 5G available in their area.

We did not consider limited-hour packages like Rain’s unlimited oﬀ-peak

Uncapped LTE and 5G packages in South Africa

FUP: Router — contract

Now read: New Telkom data deals — 15GB for R99

HEADLINE MTN RAIN RAIN 5G UNCAPPED LTE UNCAPPED MOBILE DATA

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